- Improved Mobility. We need to get from here to there - island-wide. The roads and freeways are often congested, limiting our community’s mobility. A fully-elevated, steel-wheel rail transit system will be able to move thousands of people per hour without taking away the already limited highway and road space we have now.

- Reliability. The elevated system will operate with precision and reliability. So, if you need to be at work by 8 a.m., you’ll arrive at work by 8 a.m., even if it’s raining or there’s a big accident on H-1. There will be just 3 minutes between rail vehicles during peak hours, so you won’t have to check the schedule to catch the next one.

- Improving The Economy. Construction of the rail line would create an estimated 11,000 jobs over the next eight years, and increase state and city revenues.

- Protecting Our Environment. Rail transit can be powered by electricity from renewable sources, and is endorsed by the Sierra Club.

- Sustainable Growth. It is vital that improved infrastructure is in place to support West O‘ahu’s growth. It will help focus growth in designated areas, and away from areas where we don’t want it – helping to “keep the country country.”

- Fairness. Rail transit is affordable for working families, seniors, and students. Rides will cost the same as TheBus and TheBoat, come with free transfers, and like now, a monthly pass will work system-wide. Rail transit, as part of an overall publictransportation system, is a way to enhance Honolulu’s quality of life, by easing traffic congestion, enhancing our economy, reducing pollution, and providing greater mobility for us and future generations.